Tragic Portside Wreck Sends Passengers to Water
A sudden northwest squall capsized the small pleasure steamer Favorite off Portside Chicago, drowning at least 27 people including 15 children. The disaster followed the 12 year anniversary of Eastland's loss, with divers, lifeboats, and charity from William Hofnauer and The Doris aiding survivors. A triple inquiry into the accident is underway as crews recover bodies and raise the sunken vessel.
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Chicago
Eastland
William Hofnauer
Lincoln Park
Municipal Pier
Lake Front
Hofnauer
Doris
Michael Hughes
Robert M. Crowe
Olson
Katherine
Sev
Sacco and Vanzetti Counsel Present Final Argument
William G. Thompson chief counsel for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti arrived at the Massachusetts State House with Herbert Ehrmann for what was expected to be their final argument to Governor Allan Fuller. Thompson met with the governor briefly, with Ehrmann to follow, as legal aides and one stenographer were present.
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Boston
William G. Thompson
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Allan T. Fuller
Herbert B. Ehrmann
State House
Thompson
Ehrmann
Joseph Wiggin
Levins Guilty of Florida Murders
Benjamin Franklin Levins was found guilty of murdering five Merrell family members in Tampa May killings. The jury sentenced him to death by electrocution after he confessed to killing the father, mother, and three children with a railroad spike. he testified that he killed only Merrell, claiming an intoxicated search for shelter led to the death of the others. In London, the British Cabinet met amid Geneva tensions as ministers were recalled for health matters of state and Prime Minister Baldwin’s absence.
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Tampa
Fla
Benjamin Franklin Levins
Merrell
Levins
Looney Merrell
Leonard Thompson
London
Geneva
Sir Austen
Baldwin
Canada
No Change Noted In Paralyzed Boy In Florence
Florence youth W. W. Register remained at the point of death after nearly 17 days with a broken neck and near complete paralysis. Physicians reported he was slowly failing despite a fairly conscious, mostly comfortable day and intermittent coma episodes with periods of not breathing.
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Florence
S.C
W. W. Register
Register
British Delegates Move on Eight Inch Cruiser Plan
A Geneva dispatch reports Britain proposing that the American delegation seek permission to build more eight inch gun secondary cruisers than the plan allows, with Britain potentially supporting this if total cruiser tonnage is increased proportionally. The idea aims to resolve the eight inch gun dispute and preserve the tripartite naval conference.
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Geneva
Associated Press Today
Great Britain
Casualty List From The Favorite in Chicago
The July 29 casualty roll lists multiple names with ages from 3 to 46, including Mrs. Sarah Reznick and Bernard Reznick, plus families such as Murray, Abernathy, Hendricks, Koutnek, Poznansky, Parenti, Polen, Berndt, Carpenter and Citera, with an unidentified girl about eight.
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Chicago
Sarah Reznick
Bernard Reznick
Albert Reznick
Clara Young
Ruth Young
Margaret Murray
George Murray
Charles Abernathy
Robert Abernathy
Fannie Hendricks
Sterling
Mary Jeanette Hendricks
Ogla Koutnek
Harry Koutnek
Nathan Poznansky
Bessie Poznansky
Robert Erickson
Eileen Schlauder
May Keyes Fenton
Vincent Fenton
Mabel Parenti
Anthony Parenti
Celia Polen
Amanda Berndt
Pearl Carpenter
Ore
Parents Visit Sons At Training Camp in Newport News
Visitors from Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia will attend Parents Day at Fort Eustis with a program of ceremonies and athletic contests. The day includes mass calisthenics drills a post stadium field and track meet and an evening hike to Yorktown encamping on historic battlefields. The regiment will march at 7 am Monday and return Tuesday morning.
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Newport News
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Citizens Military Training Camp
Fort Eustis Tady
Post Stadium
Yorktown
Missouri Pacific Rail Director Passes Away
B F Bush chairman of the board of directors and former Missouri Pacific president died in St Louis at 67 from cerebral arterio sclerosis. He had been in ill health. Survived by a widow and daughter Mrs George W Holmes. Born Wellsboro Pennsylvania July 5 1860 he worked with Northern Pacific and Union Pacific and led Western Maryland Railroad as president for four years.
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B. F. Bush
Missouri Pacific
Bush
George W. Holmes
Wellsboro
Pennsylvania
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Western Maryland Railroad
Appeals Allowed in Penn Ballots Case
Philadelphia July 29 Judge J Whittaker Thompson allowed an appeal to the U S circuit court of appeals from his ruling turning over to the Reed Senate investigating committee the ballots cast in the last senatorial election in Pennsylvania.
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J. Whittaker Thompson
Federal District Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Reed Senate
Pennsylvania
Klan Leaders Targeted by Alabama Grand Jury
Prominent Alabama Ku Klux Klansmen are summoned to appear before a Jefferson County grand jury on August 9 to reveal membership records and explain threats against Solicitor Davis by two alleged Klansmen. James Esdale, Grand Dragon, and Birmingham Klan officers named. The probe follows reported whippings of Negro Arthur Hitt and threats against prosecuting those involved.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Arthur Hitt
Hitt
Davis
Weather Outlook for Virginia and Tennessee
Partly cloudy with possible local thundershowers tonight and Saturday. Virginia chiefly fair in the north part Saturday, with cooler conditions. Winds from the southwest shifting to the north, moderate to fresh. Tennessee sees local thundershowers tonight and possibly Saturday, cooler on Saturday and in its northwest portion tonight.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Minister's Son Faces Liquor Trial After Auto Crash
Carrol W. Hepburn, 23, son of Rev. David Hepburn, admitted possessing liquor after a collision with a trolley wire. He was held for the grand jury and bailed $500 to await indictments in October for driving intoxicated and unlawful transporting spirits. His father stood with him in court.
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Anti-Saloon League
Carrol W. Hepburn
David Hepburn
Antisaloon League of Virginia
Grand
Hastings Court
Leith
Bremmer
Hepburn
John R. Saunders
Guatemalan minister wounded in Washington shooting
Senor Francisco Sanchez La Tour Guatemalan minister to the United States was found unconscious with a bullet wound near his heart in the legation study. He was alone when the shooting occurred beside an old revolver. His wife called the injury accidental and noted concerns over a recent drowning in Oregon. a court action over letters had unsettled him previously.
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Washington
Senor
Francisco Sanchez
la Tour
Tor
United States
Legation
Representative Crumpacker
Oregon
San Francisco
Ister
Senora la Tour
James Armstrong
Score Theatre Ticket Brokers Indicted in Tax Probe
New York July 23. Twenty three theatre ticket brokers were indicted after a federal probe into alleged funds in income tax returns. They pleaded guilty today in court, posting bail of $1,000 each and leaving $637,000 to cover alleged government indebtedness due to false returns.
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New York
Battleship Texas Repaired At Naval Yard Portsmou th
The battleship Texas, repaired at the Navy Yard Ports mouth, is expected to depart next month after a $3,000,000 reconditioning. It required a return to dry dock for new couplings on its propeller shafts and plans to proceed to the Pacific Coast in late August or early September.
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Newport News
Texas
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Pacific Coast
Contract Let For Fireproof Store In Lynchburg
C M Guggenheimer Inc awarded John P Petty and Co of Lynchburg a contract to build a four story fireproof store at Seventh and Main Streets. The project costs about 212000 plus roughly 90000 for decoration fixtures and electrical ice water systems. Work begins Monday with a seven month completion term.
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Lynchburg
C. M. Guggenheimer, Inc
John
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